Walpola Rahula (1907–1997) was a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk, researcher and essayist. In 1964, he turned into the Professor of History and Religions at Northwestern University, therefore becoming the first bhikkhu to hold a scholarly seat in the Western world. He likewise once held the position of Vice-Chancellor at the then Vidyodaya University (as of now known as the University of Sri Jayewardenepura). He has composed broadly about Buddhism in English, French and Sinhalese.
He was born in 1907 at Walpola, a little town in southern Sri Lanka. At thirteen, he entered the Sangha. His instruction secured Sinhala, Pali, Sanskrit, Buddhism, history and rationality. He learned at the Vidyalankara Pirivena and at the University of Ceylon.
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